678 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড At about 12 P.M. I along with M/S Bacha Khan and Motiur Rahman and 8 Mojahids surrounded local thana. I and Mr. Motiur Rhaman entered the thana and told the O/C that we have already surrounded his thana by our men and that if he did not surrender we shall kill him and his men. O/C surrendered. We captured 40 rifles in good condition and 500 bullets of 303 rifle. Little after the thana. I sent my men immediately who killed 2 Bengalies, burnt about 25 of their villages and chased them away. Returned home after posting strong guard in the area at about 23 hrs. 7.4.71 It was a crucial day for us. At about 5.40 A.M. the town was attacked from the eastern side. 2 Bomb shells with terrific noise hit my house but very slight damage was caused, rife shots started falling on the town like showers by 6 A.M. The town was attacked by about a lakh a Bengalies accompanied by E.B.R. E.P.R, and police forces. The attack was very sever from the eastern side. They using rokets, 2" and 3" Motars, L.M.G., Chinies automatic arms, 303 rifles and other fire arms. I Ran from morchas to morchas all around the town, boosted up the moral of our men and arranged reinforcements of men and arms where necessary. M/S Bacha Khan and Motiur Rahman with their men were holding their gallantly. The attack from the eastern side increased gradually and rocket shell started being fired on us more frequently. Although we were using our ammunition very carefully, but by 12 P.M. our ammunitions started exhausting as the enemy started advancing under cover of heavy rocket and mortar shells. We started retreating slowly from the eastern side. I started evacuating old men, women and children from the eastern side and started requesting Saidour army army for immediate help as the help promised earlier was not forthcoming and our condition was deteriorating. Our ammunition started coming to an end. I, Bacha Khan and the men of the eastern Sector still tried to hold out the attack and retreated very cautiously. The enemy however managed to break through some of our morchas in the eastern sector and entered our market. They looted all the shops and set them on fire. By 2 P.M. they had entered in some portions our railway station and had taken up position. We still fought relentlessly trying to hold them back from advancing any further capturing our town totally. Our men were fighting with lathies with the Bengalies who had entered the market area. It was at about 2-30 P.M that the first batch of our army arrived. By now about 10 of our men were killed and about 100 injured by bomb blasts, other automatic weapons and rifle shots. They were all being rushed to Dr. Khursheed Bano's house who was gallantly attending to all the injuries and had not left her house though almost all the houses from the eastern side of the town had been vacated by the people. The army cleared the enemy from the eastern side. The second batch of army also arrived shortly. I escorted the army all around the town. The enemy attack was quelled by the army in about 2 hours and they were in complete control of the town by about 5 P.M. In this operation 3 of the army men were injured severely. They were all rushed to Dr. Bano. After the operation I, along with Maj. Durrani, Capt. Chima and Capt. Sharafat went to the residence of Dr. Bano. There were more than a hundred injuries spread all over her bungllow. Two of the army men been attended to and she was found busy on the 3rd army men. She was fighting relentlessly to save his life but also he died later. Col. Shafi also arrived by then and admired her services. The officers stayed in the bungalow of Dr. Bano and the troops parked in Jinnah Maidan by the side of Dr.
